#BDB36C#BDB36C

#BDB36C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.093 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB36C
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -6.59, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 38.03, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0182 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.093 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8140, 44.1429, 20.6076)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB36C #6C76BD

analogous

#BD8A6C #BDB36C #9EBD6C

triadic

#BDB36C #6CBDB3 #B36CBD

tetradic

#BDB36C #6CBD8A #6C76BD #BD6C9E

square

#BDB36C #6CBD8A #6C76BD #BD6C9E

split-complementary

#BDB36C #6C9EBD #8A6CBD

monochromatic

#787036 #A39849 #BDB36C #D0C996 #E3DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BDB36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BDB36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB36C

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB36C	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.093 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c997',
    500: '#bdb36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb36c;
$custom-light: #d2c997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB36C

secondary

#B2B6D3

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB36C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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